ICPD Review International Conference on Human Rights 7-10 July 2013

UNFPA has announced the dates for the International Conference on Human Rights. Co-hosted by the Government of the Netherlands, UNFPA and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, it will be held in the Netherlands from 7-10 July 2013. The Conference will provide an opportunity to assess the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action through an examination of the nexus between human rights, equality, equity and population and development, including in the key areas of gender, empowerment, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. 

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ICPD Beyond 2014 -- New Year Message from Kwabena Osei Danquah, Executive Coordinator

Kwabena Osei Danquah, Executive Coordinator ICPD Beyond 2014 Secretariat, has posted a New Year’s Message on the ICPD Beyond 2014 website. 

In addition to reviewing activities to date including the highly successful Bali Global Youth Forum, which led to the Bali Global Youth Forum Declaration, he notes that close to 140 questionnaires have been received, “which in most cases, were completed for the first time by Governments in partnership with NGOs and other stakeholders.”

Kwabena also says that the Secretariat “look[s] forward to the outcome of a survey being undertaken by a network of NGOs, with the support of UNFPA, for NGOs to enable the fullest contribution of NGOs to the global survey.” 

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Civil Society Participation in the High Level Panel Meeting in Monrovia, Liberia

NB: Deadline for applications is Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 16h00 GMT 

The following information has been received from Beyond 2015:

The third meeting of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons will be held in Monrovia, Liberia from 30 January to 2nd February 2013. Its theme is: 'National Building Blocks for Sustained Prosperity', with a particular focus on economic transformation. The first day of the HLP meeting will be an outreach and consultation day, during which members of the Panel will take stock of key constituencies’ emerging positions and new evidence, including global CSOs.

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National Consultations

National consultations are being held in at least 56 countries. They are intended to promote an inclusive multi-stakeholder process and advocate for a Post-2015 development agenda that is informed by national and local priorities. National stakeholders will come together to exchange inputs and ideas for a shared global vision of "The Future We Want", in an inclusive and open debate with relevant knowledge on development challenges, opportunities and solutions.

On-line consultations have already started for the following countries: Jordan; Moldova; Vietnam and Zambia.

Global Leadership Meetings at conclusion of the Thematic Consultations

The World We Want website now has a calendar that includes up-to-date information on the Global Leadership Meetings (GLMs) for the thematic consultations, which are planned to take place between now and early April. These GLMs will culminate the processes for the each of the consultations, with the e-discussions continuing and Government briefings, Private Sector Briefings and Civil Society Organization meetings taking place in the meantime.

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Thematic consultation on Energy begins

The final thematic consultation on energy has begun on the World We Want 2015 website.

The consultation recognizes the centrality of energy for global efforts to induce a paradigm shift towards poverty eradication, green economies and ultimately sustainable development. In recent years the Secretary-General’s initiative on “Sustainable Energy for All” has started and the UN General Assembly has declared 2012 as the “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.” It will include multiple, global face-to-face and virtual consultations to capture general ideas, experiences and visions on energy in the post-2015 development agenda from the perspective of citizens, civil society organizations, experts, businesses and governments across the world. 

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Calendar of meetings and updates on Global Thematic Consultations

The ten Global Consultations that are currently taking place, while all are providing an opportunity for input into the Post-215 Development Agenda, have differences in their processes. These processes are also evolving at different speeds, with information being made available very frequently. To assist you in following the various processes NGOs Beyond 2014 has compiled the attached timetable, which it will be updating regularly during the coming weeks.

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Appointment of the London Family Planning 2020’s Reference Group

The members of the London Family Planning Summit, Family Planning 2020's (FP2020) Reference Group has been set up to provide strategic direction and oversight of progress towards the achievement of the Family Planning Summit goal: enabling 120 million additional women in the world’s poorest countries to access voluntary family planning by 2020. It will also have oversight over FP2020 operational mechanisms including the Task Team and working groups.

The members of the Group represent both fixed and rotating seats:

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UN General Assembly adopts important resolutions that include reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health

The General Assembly has recently adopted important resolutions that include specific references to reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health. They also reaffirm the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the key actions for the implementation of ICPD and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

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National consultations (Update)

National consultations are being facilitated in up to 100 countries. The results from these consultations will be shared in various forms with the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Post2015 HLP), the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (as agreed in Rio and yet to be convened) and the membership of the UN. Below are the countries in which consultations are planned. The number, however, is expected to increase the coming months.

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